Psychosocial adaptation in female partners of men with prostate cancer

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 234-242

  Street, A F ^a   Couper, J W ^b   Love, A W ^a   BlocH, S ^b   Kissane, D W ^c   Street, B C ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Coping; Distress; Prostate cancer; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE; URINE INCONTINENCE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 76949095298     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2008.01012.x     Document Type: Article

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